Restaurants and stores say government aid is to blame for a labour shortage

[james t kirk]

^^^Try Phad Thai.

You get home and it's a soggy lump of glue.

 

[jcpro]

^^^Try Phad Thai.

You get home and it's a soggy lump of glue.

Thai food burns my asshole- pardon me for being crude.

 

[black booty lover]

Take out ends up soggy and tastes like shit.

During the pandemic, I resorted to takeout, but a huge number of things just don't travel well. I would always pick it up myself to make sure the restaurants didn't have to pay the shysters like Ubereats and Skip the Dishes, et al. I would make a point of getting to the restaurant well before the resto said it would be ready to ensure that it was immediately out of the oven. (Something no food delivery service would ever do.). And I would be very generous with the tip to thank the restaurant for their efforts. More than I would have tipped if I was eating in.

But by the time I got home, the steam had usually done a number on the food. Soggy and warm at best.

I guess a lot of kids think it's cool to order on line and eat in their parents' basement, but I'm not of that generation. I love a good meal that is prepared in a restaurant and is fresh out of the kitchen and I will pay for it. Even a simple restaurant meal like fish and chips, if given the choice between take out and dining room, I will pick dining room every time. Never mind a high end dining experience, that goes without saying, it's always dine in. The only reason I would ever do takeout is a forced pandemic shutdown.

I'm not big on delivery either, but the adolescents are.

 

[black booty lover]

Fish and chips does not travel at all!! Medium rare steak? Ditto! Even pizza must get home asap to be edible. Uber Eats and all that shit are good only for mere survival. I also do personal take out only and only if I know I'll get home within 15 minutes. Otherwise you're just throwing away money on shitty food.

we feel this way, but the younger generation doesn't. I have a few different jobs, and one of my jobs I work many teenagers. This kids order a few drinks from starbucks for delivery. That's how much the landscape has changed.

 

[y2kmark]

I wonder if any of these places are offering people a cash paid position off the books?

You really have to wonder?...

 

[jcpro]

we feel this way, but the younger generation doesn't. I few different jobs, and one of my jobs I work many teenagers. This kids order a few drinks from starbucks for delivery. That's how much the landscape has changed.

Ah, kids. What do they know? I got to say I miss the old days. Especially the pool halls for a little late night hustle, smokey Greek "coffee shops" for a little poker, etc.

 

[y2kmark]

Oh yes. Lets rush to dead end small business to work your fingers to the bone for minimum wage while owner's evade taxes while complaining about "welfare". Nope. Pay a liveable wage or suffer the results of your lack of foresight.

Work your fingers to the bone and what do you get? Boney fingers!...

 

[Ref]

You really have to wonder?...

I wonder about a lot of things. How about you?

 

[lomotil]

Only buy food from the grocery store.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

Good point, it avoids expensive subpar soggy delivered food eh ! The grocery stores posted record profits during the lockdown, forecasted a dip in their fortunes this fall, but it looks like the Delta variant surge and politics may reverse this.